Well, we have just completed our training day last week for another year at Loft Boarding NW.
It was snowing quite a bit and thought we might have to postpone for a later date. We all managed to get in - well, all but one, but he had just become a new dad! Congrats Anthony.
So this year we had a talk and demonstration by Ben from Total Transits who maintains our fleet of work vans. We are big on preventative maintenance. Thank you, Ben.
We also had a visit from Dave Raval, the CEO of LoftZone, one of our main suppliers. He talked about how this amazing loft floor raising product (StoreFloor) actually came about. Very interesting, and I loved to hear that it all started with a conversation in the pub whilst having a pint. That's where most of the best ideas start from!
I think all the staff enjoyed their lunch of bacon and sausage butties and cakes. They get spoilt, honestly!
Its great to all get together and have a chat, learn about new things. It's important that as a company grows, there is some sort of "getting together" at the office, as its really hard to get everyone together in the one place during our working week.
I'm a big believer in training and making sure we are all working from the same page of the book.
This is how my business has succeeded because we don't ignore employees training needs, we are always ready to help our staff to get the most out of their job so they have the best knowledge and skills that are required to do a job correctly.
Well that's that for another year, well done all involved.